Growing Conditions
The 2015 vintage was slightly earlier than normal for the white and early red varieties. Crop loads were low with some inclement weather at flowering, which allowed the canopies to cope easily with the fruit load and produce intense flavour profiles.
Winemaking
Crushed and de-stemmed into small open fermenters with Pre-fermentation cold soaking. Each fermenter received differing treatments (stalk + whole bunch inclusion, whole bunch inclusion and standard must). This was followed by yeast inoculation of 2 fermenters by RC212 while one was allowed to proceed with indigenous yeast.
